Improvement in paper collars and cuffs



H. PARME-NTER.

lm p ov eme'nt in Paper Collars and'Cuffs.

No. 125,842. V Patented Apri!16 18 72.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HERMAN PARMENTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND A. BEOHTEL, OF SAME PLACE.

' IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,842, dated April 16, 1872; antedated April 6, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN PARMENTER, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Paper-Collars or Cuffs, and the following is declared to be a correct description of the same.

Collars and cuffs have been made of enameled paper and cloth-lined paper out out to shape and embossed.

lar or cuff and covers the opening, and itsedges are secured by paste or other adhesive material. In this manner the lace insertion covering and filling the opening gives to the paper-collar or cuff a better appearance, and

the imitation of linen is more perfect than heretofore.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a collar with the lace insertion applied in the opening made in the two points at a a, in the manner aforesaid; and Fig. 2 represents a cuff with one lace insertion in one triangular opening.

It is to be understood that the lace is sufficiently large to furnish the necessary width of lapping edges for securing. such edges to the paper-collar or cuff by adhesive material or otherwise.

I do not claim a collar or cufi' in which the paper itself is perforated and embossed in imitation of lace; nor a frame or border of leather or similar material in which a leaf of paper or other substance is inclosed; norapaper collar or cufl' in which there is an opening through which the cravat or an ornamental band is visible. It will be seen that neither of these contains lace as the material that fills the opening, and a collar or cuff made in this manner is superior to those made before, because paper embossed or perforated in imitation of lace is very liable to tear, and the imitation is apparent to the most casual observer, while in my case, the lace being real, gives to the paper collar or cufi' an appearance equal, or nearly so, to collars or cuffs made entirely of linen, and the cost is very little, because the lace is in small pieces and is easily attached to the paper.

I claim as my invention- The paper collar or cuff with an opening and lace insertion, as set forth, as a new article of manufacture.

Signed by me this 26th day of July, A. D.

H. PARMENTER.

witnesses CHAS. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

